Jumbo Crossword - 153

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

ACROSS:
1 Covers for dormitory feasts! (10)
6 A writer on many a mediaeval instrument (5)
10 Spirit a priest might conjure up (6)
16 Art-supporter giving up life's first comfort (4)
18 Anna cooked Asian bread (4)
19 Accidentally unsex group with ties (5)
21 They may be picked by criminals (7)
24 Braggart might howl madly throughout Shakespeare (8)
26 This drink is put into a bag, note (8)
27 Greek character in a secret assignation (3)
28 Egyptian name of some special interest (3)
30 Peter to appear in a show shortly at Christmas time (5)
32 Shamefaced evidence of indebtedness (3)
33 Behaves like a lost sheep (4)
35 Part of the stocks sought by mountaineers (8)
37 Am thrice involved - am over my head in Abba musical (5,3!)
38 Fruit seen in badly lit Chinese gardens (6)
39 A lot to have for dinner when one's gone back (2,3)
41 Through with the stuff (3)
42 Send off for the mark of a trick (7)
45 Field entrance made of marble? (5)
46 Is this vest meant to sound for the priesthood? (3)
48 Money that's not well earned (4,3)
50 Our military institute and build differently too! (3)
52 Journey to oil-processing port (7)
53 Traced a difference in making up the package (6)
56 Indian Watch Co broke? (7)
57 The little chap lies about their not being Jews (8)
59 Promissory note given in rather curious circumstances? (3)
62 Brief note with direction for making fabric (5)
64 Incarceration for a time (3)
65 Busier man accidentally sinking ship (9)
67 Company in America? Yes, they say so! (3)
69 This flower is seen in the light (5)
70 Send back stopwatch, as an example (5)
71 Penny for perfume with its top off (4)
72 Contrive to hold a bolt (5)
74 He's not quite white (4)
75 Musical circle supplied with organ (6)
76 Girl going up west once more (4)
78 Jet madly round a city area and leave the aircraft rapidly (5)
79 Boxer with the spoofs for the girl (6)
82 Leave out the award that goes with it (4)
84 Corners English in Pamplona (6)
86 Took too much of the animal? (6)
88 A dog could stray into this row (4)
89 Back-biters (6)
90 Information arranged to support the consumer's needs (5)
92 Get ready for public consumption (4)
94 California prohibit a changing-hut on the beach? (6)
95 Try again in a hundred obvious ways (4)
96 Boadicea’s folk bring very cold water back in (5)
97 Lake in former estate (4)
99 Chug around and about large ravine (5)
101 It's a hanging matter when you look down in the mouth (5)
103 Employ bad language on Jack's departure (3)
104 It's a nicer change when people start taking more money (9)
107 Some numbers make up most of the clients (3)
108 The captain who was put off by his crew (5)
110 Despot has little Dorothy encompassing such extra-sensory perception (3)
111 Heavy fuels in great volume (8)
113 Outdoor meals: choose Nicholas's, we hear! (7)
116 Nothing like a cardinal sign, perhaps (6)
118 Left cockney lady at northern town, or even more northerly one (7)
121 International body may look into unopened letters to begin with (3)
123 Affected emotionally by a strike? (7)
125 What a blow backwards and forwards this can deliver! (3)
126 Salami ensures middling demeanours (5)
127 Open set, perhaps, may be taken first (4,3)
129 Encourage to have some breakfast (3)
131 Coal miner originally employed in brewing beer (5)
133 Great quantities of fools without their leader (6)
135 Anti-youth policy suggested time lag caught up with Central Committee (3,5)
138 Having a crafty rest! (2,6)
141 Satisfied with a comfortable seat (4)
142 Place in dispute (3)
144 Occasions for distributing the items (5)
146 Do auditors partially belong to this organization? (3)
148 Who has been in a drinking establishment (3)
149 The privileged ones, rising, sit in the way I like, each end (8)
151 Sapwood renders Albury numb as detailed (8)
155 Kennedy kept the USSR regime in a bind (7)
156 As an author she was seen in glass towers? (5)
157 Ring to get a girl to come round for some Eastern port (4)
158 Slave seen in a different light? (4)
159 Inventor comes up with a way to indicate the rugby match is over (2,4)
160 Condescend to send round a peace-offering (5)
161 How might dentist mark end of innings? (4,6)

DOWN:
2 In Latin, I blunder - a vain experience (3,4)
3 Birds that may be eaten hot or cold (4)
4 Entry on the left made by one in arrears (5)
5 South American student is a girl (3)
6 Make most of the points when you put the needle in (3)
7 Articles - a collection of literary anecdotes (3)
8 Turn and fight with not much money (4)
9 Lady having a crazy morning (5)
11 Ends up with imagination to dream up the urban myth in Cambodia (5,4)
12 Hardly likely to be caught napping! (9)
13 Where the driver gets a hot cuppa, by the sound of it (3)
14 Geneva car-tax turns out to be an excessive amount (12)
15 Was busted with Old English, perhaps! (4,2,2)
17 Valediction of such length? (2,4)
20 Brave displaying brute force? (3)
21 Take off a ring we hear (4)
22 Dreadfully sectarian sort of logic (9)
23 Portuguese goodie is thus seen about an article (3)
25 Park in London when the good doctor is not himself (4)
26 Mid-morning tea for cash? (3)
29 See sailors introducing a girl (5)
31 Pertaining to the blue service (5)
34 Bonus issue of holy book not given true correction (5)
35 Quick check in the dossier not to be relied on (6)
36 Ron and Les mix, being people who don't mix (6)
40 Misdeal in the valley? (4)
43 Considers the outcome is open (6)
44 Sets up well ventilated shopfront in a Middle Eastern country (5)
47 The store is not yet full, it seems (5-4)
49 Related a cogent alternative (7)
51 Reduce standing of a steep slope (9)
53 Best place for actor sent by a coach, we hear (6,5)
54 Constantly-right (4)
55 Ten-cent reduction not making much sense (3)
56 Sees about the dog - ties it up (3)
58 Putting into dock is particularly awkward (6)
60 Love to get a call while in a canoe? (6)
61 Animal hiding in abattoir (3)
63 Paradise Gallery of the Sloth family (8)
65 Duck trapped me in the corner (4)
66 The association of Friar Tuck with Robin? (11)
68 Cease backing popular independent business (5)
71 Exercising judgement is very important (8)
73 States unite to doff hat (4)
77 Gain one's tricks in part of the Midwest U.S. (9)
80 Quote for it is in first chapter note (4)
81 Rita will get in a muddle and have breathing difficulty with something to eat (9)
83 Beastly spies in our midst (5)
85 Doesn't stay to see the foliage (6)
87 Slough off ambulance chasers (6)
91 Run away from a security device (4)
93 Strip of soil bearing large heads of Belgian endive (7)
97 Face attack brutally (3)
98 The enrolment of soldiers meaning to share fairly (12)
100 Oddly, I got tuna without a single thing (4)
102 Fiddle pouring mixture of oil into champagne, perhaps (6)
105 Again the suit begins to be of legal importance (3)
106 First milestone passed hereafter indicates speed (3)
107 The ornament is in the hold (5)
109 I serenade a girl preserving eggs (9)
111 No difficulty in providing completely dry service for drinkers (3,3)
112 Strangely remote star (6)
114 Places of growing importance to gardeners (9)
115 Did something and got sent to prison (9)
117 Leguminous vegetables scattered at the end of church (4)
119 Type of swede not cultivated by gardeners (5)
120 Most precipitous southern point to drive off a plague (8)
122 Make dark tribe diminish a little (5)
124 Leather from chamois is missing, unfortunately (5)
128 It might a strain for travellers getting them all mixed up (6)
130 Seek advice to buy chap a record (3,4)
132 Graduate beginning to know university in an Asian capital (4)
134 Growth potential of a renowned tennis player? (4)
136 Young lady,I hear, begins contrariwise? (3)
137 The players drink with a woman (5)
139 He arrived and put out computer (5)
140 Old hat - not allowed (3)
143 Ulterior motives started last month (3)
145 An opening possibly lost (4)
147 Nick took terminally ill inside church (4)
150 Just working inside for a time (3)
152 Refreshments not available when the lad is about (1,1,1)
153 Eire, perhaps, gives sanctuary to a man from the sales office (3)
154 Under the water and in Germany (3)

Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 20)You are likely to remain careful and watchful today, foretells Ganesha. And because you'll be invited to parties and other social events, your enthusiasm will remain buoyant. You will also strike the right balance between business and pleasure, says Ganesha.